Posted July 28, 2021 at 9:07 pm | No comments
More often than not, it seems a musical group’s signature is defined by the vocalist up front. But as much as the legendary group Jethro Tull goes, Ian Anderson’s melodic grizzled vocals and flute gymnastics offered gripping definition, it’s the ripping crunch of Martin Barre’s lead guitar work and his ability to marinate Tull’s songs with emotional heft, are what turns our heads and grabs our guts with sinewy twists, turns and head-on collisions.
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Posted July 22, 2021 at 4:05 pm | No comments
Recently, Rick heard about the 80 person capacity Blue Wing Frog restaurant in Front Royal, Virginia whose owners wanted musicians who wrote and performed their own songs. Some traditional-roots songs were cool too, given the Piedmont location, as well as the historical local culture of grassroots music was the music of the region.
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Posted July 13, 2021 at 2:17 pm | No comments
Yasmin Williams is one of the most unique guitar aficionados to venture into exploring intriguing realms of the acoustic guitar soundscape. She strums, picks, percussively taps and gently pounds her guitars to add textures, beats and different musical dialogues to her compositions.
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Posted June 8, 2021 at 12:48 pm | No comments
Today, Lindsey Buckingham has announced his forthcoming self-titled LP due out September 17, 2021 on Reprise, alongside the first single, “I Don’t Mind.” Lindsey Buckingham is his first solo release since 2011’s Seeds We Sow and follows his departure from Fleetwood Mac.
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Posted May 31, 2021 at 9:01 pm | No comments
Clearly, Sin Shake Sin’s new release, “The Masquerade” rages against exploitation and the charismatic manipulation of many, driven by political greed-driven news cycles and page juicing media outlets. It’s an anthemic statement, musically connected to the life rhythms of one of Nashville’s finest singer-songwriters, producers and recording artists, Stacy Hogan.
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Posted May 21, 2021 at 2:45 pm | No comments
Fresh off the release of Crack The Sky’s latest album, Tribes , singer/multi-instrumentalist John Palumbo is venturing out into the funky world of Hollywood Blvd., his fifth solo album which is out today via Carry On Music on digital outlets. CDs will be available on Friday, May 28.
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Posted May 19, 2021 at 1:43 pm | No comments
Nad Sylvan is an American-born Swedish singer with a prolific career in progressive rock, where he has collaborated in projects with former Genesis, Steve Hackett, and also with Roine Stolt in his band, Agents of Mercy. Recently, he released Spiritus Mundi, his seventh solo album. This work centers around the poems coming from 1923 Nobel Prize-winning William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), one of the most important Irish writers in history, and who Sylvan calls “one of the finest poets to come out of Ireland.”
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Posted May 16, 2021 at 3:19 pm | No comments
On the circuit, A.J. Croce has opened up for such musical icons as: Lyle Lovett, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Rod Stewart, Dave Matthews, Ray Charles and traded licks with Willie Nelson, Ry Cooder, Waylon Jennings, the Neville Brothers, and David Hidalgo. Fans could also find him on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The Today Show, Good Morning America
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Posted May 7, 2021 at 11:42 am | No comments
The name of Yngwie Malmsteen has always stood for uncompromising excellence. In a career that now spans more than 40 years he has proven himself to be a unique artist. You can try to categorise him in any way you wish. But the manner in which this supreme Swedish craftsman has continually developed his music makes Malmsteen sublimely transcend any definition you attempt to impose.
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Posted April 29, 2021 at 10:28 am | No comments
Montreal, Quebec-based record company GSI Musique is offering a new super-deluxe limited-edition vinyl set of the acclaimed double album Histoires sans paroles – Harmonium Symphonique, a symphonic re-interpretation of the music of influential 1970s Montreal-based progressive rock act Harmonium.
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